Tue, 26 Sep 2017 13:01:11 -0700WeeblyFri, 22 Sep 2017 20:19:12 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/and-the-student-council-representatives-are​I would like to take a moment to congratulate ALL of our student council candidates. The students who elected to run, put a lot of time and effort into some wonderful speeches. It takes a great deal of courage to stand in front of your classmates, explain why you feel you are a good candidate, and ask them to vote for you. Everyone did an amazing job! I was very proud of both the candidates and the other students as they sat and respectfully listened to the delivery of the speeches and encouraged and supported their classmates.

​And the 4th grade student council representatives for our class are...Henry and Rozlynn! Congratulations to you both!!!]]>Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:31:38 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/what-a-great-groupWe have had a wonderful week getting to know each other. We have been creating bar graphs and line plots of information about our likes and other interesting facts. We have interviewed each other for an introductory speech to be given before our me bag presentations. We began reviewing the ever important multiplication facts - memorization of these facts will be crucial to making our new math skills easier this year. And of course, we are spending a lot of time learning the procedures, routines, and expectations of the classroom. Soon we will be sharing our hopes and dreams for this year. I am really enjoying getting to know the students and I am looking forward to an amazing year!]]>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:49:07 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/it-is-almost-that-timeWow! I can't believe the start of another school year is almost here! I hope you have all had a wonderful and relaxing summer (that included some reading). I also hope you are as excited as I am about beginning a new year. The classroom is almost ready and I am super excited to get to know a new group of amazing Shaftsbury students.

For parents that are wondering about supplies, your child does not need anything special. I will supply the students with the folders, notebooks, pencils, and crayons that s/he needs. There will also be glue sticks, markers, colored pencils, and scissors available for all to use. If there are special items that your child would LIKE to have, s/he can certainly keep those things in his/her desk or backpack to use as needed. I ask that your child NOT bring a binder to school as there really is not enough room in the student desks for a binder with the other items that we do need.

I will be sending home a letter on the first day of school explaining classroom procedures and other information you will want to know. Please feel free to contact me at cklein@svsu.org should you have any questions.

Enjoy the last week of vacation! I look forward to seeing you all soon!]]>Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:29:27 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/science-inquiry-investigating-friction

We are beginning to learn about force and motion. In this investigation, students were trying to determine how different surfaces (and therefore varying amounts of friction) impact the stopping distance of a car sent down a ramp.

]]>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:16:40 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/king-midas-puppet-showThe students did an amazing job with our King Midas and the Golden Touch play. This play involved a variety of steps including:

Creating the puppets

Practicing the lines in the play

Recording the Soundtrack

Recording the play with green screen technology.​

The students worked incredibly hard and we have an amazing production to show for their efforts. Please view the puppet show below.

The only homework over the next week will be reading. Please enjoy the Thanksgiving Holiday with your family and friends.

The homework page has been updates! I apologize for falling behind.

Parent conferences are the week of December 5th. Appointment confirmation forms went home today.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday!

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]]>Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:13:04 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/4th-grade-in-the-newsShaftsbury 4th graders have had a busy couple of weeks! Between making puppets and working with the hardness scale for rocks and minerals, our students have been involved in a lot of hands-on learning. All of this hard work has not gone unnoticed. The 4th grade classes have been in the Bennington Banner TWICE this week. If you have not already, be sure to check out the articlesNo strings attached: Children learn about art through making puppets (featuring Mrs. Maguire-Jones' class) and After 40 years, teacher still rocks (featuring Mrs. Klein's class).]]>Sun, 16 Oct 2016 21:27:59 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/building-bird-houses

With the help of two amazing volunteers, Mrs. Frost and Mr. Paquin, the children were able to build their bird houses to go along with our bird unit on Friday. We will be painting the houses this week. We will also be completing the informational writing based on our research this week. We will then mount our writing on plywood and coat it with polyurethane for protection. In the spring we will place these houses and informational plaques out around the community to educate our neighbors about these birds.

​Please check out the rest of the pictures of this project on our photo gallery page.

]]>Sun, 25 Sep 2016 02:05:34 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/student-council8630096I would like to take a moment to congratulate ALL of our student council candidates. The students who elected to run, put a lot of time and effort into some wonderful speeches. It takes a great deal of courage to stand in front of your classmates, explain why you feel you are a good candidate, and ask them to vote for you. Everyone did an amazing job! I was very proud of both the candidates and the other students as they sat and respectfully listened to the delivery of the speeches and encouraged and supported their classmates.

And the winners are...Aubrey S. and Skyler M. Congratulations to you both!!!]]>Mon, 19 Sep 2016 20:40:38 GMThttp://mrskleinsclassblog.weebly.com/whats-happening/open-house-reminderJust a reminder that this year's open house is Wednesday, Sept. 21 from 6-7pm. I look forward to getting a chance to say hello to all of the parents. Your children will have a couple of beginning of the year projects to show you as well. See you Wednesday!]]>